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Saturday marked the eighth consecutive day of action in Pittsburgh in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, the killing of Breonna Taylor by Louisville police, and other incidents of police brutality across the country. The protest, a sit-in at Bakery Square in Pittsburgh's Larimer neighborhood, was organized by Black, Young & Educated (BYE), a collective of teenagers, including both current high school students and recent graduates...

Late in the evening on June 5, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette removed two stories from its website that were shared earlier in the day on the paper’s social media platform. One story was written by P-G reporter Lauren Lee and summarized a march that snaked through Pittsburgh East End in honor of George Floyd, a Black man killed by Minneapolis police...

UPDATE, 7 p.m. June 5:
After being visited by Pittsburgh Police the day after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters, two women have been charged by police with allegedly throwing water bottles at police...

On Friday afternoon, a protest organized by Allies for Black Lives and Pittsburgh Feminists for Intersectional marked the seventh consecutive day of action in Pittsburgh in response to nationwide incidents of police brutality. The protest began around noon at Friendship Park, then marched through Bloomfield and Shadyside, before ending up in Point Breeze...

After the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh revealed, via letter, that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette had removed Black reporter Alexis Johnson from coverage of George Floyd protests in Pittsburgh, a number of local journalists flooded social media today with messages of support and solidarity. According to the letter, Johnson was excluded from protest coverage because of a post she tweeted on May 31 joking about the notorious messes typically left by fans outside of Kenny Chesney concerts...

Local transit advocacy group Pittsburghers for Public Transit (PPT) led 31 speakers to testify at the monthly Port Authority of Allegheny County board meeting on May 29 to discuss fares, public engagement, overcrowding, and funding, as well as the importance of maintaining those as the pandemic continues. Port Authority, which instated new policies to mitigate the effects of coronavirus, is rolling back some of those changes as Allegheny County moves into the “green” phase on June 5...

On the day that a service was held for George Floyd in Minneapolis, Thursday's protest traveled quite the distance through Pittsburgh. Starting in Downtown Pittsburgh in front of the Wood Street T Station, hundreds of peaceful protesters made their way to the Allegheny County Jail where they laid down on the ground with their signs, at times chanting; then, for eight minutes and 56 seconds, laid in silence...

Progressive women in Allegheny County dominated this year's Pennsylvania primary elections. In four local contested Democratic races, women running on progressive platforms bested their more moderate competitions...

On Thursday morning, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto held a press conference to address use of force by police officers against protesters on Mon., June 1. He presented ideas for police reform, including endorsing the "8 Can't Wait" campaign, and backed use-of-force legislation introduced by Rep. Summer Lee (D-Swissvale) and Ed Gainey (D-East Liberty).

According to the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, a Black reporter at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has been recently barred from covering protests in honor of George Floyd, a Black man killed last week by a Minneapolis Police officer Pittsburgh City Paper obtained a letter that was sent to members of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, which is the union that represents 140 journalists at the P-G...

On Fri., June 5, for the third time since the start of the pandemic, Bandcamp is waiving a share of its sales to support artists impacted by COVID-19. Musicians in Pittsburgh are taking it a step further...

On Wednesday afternoon, the East Liberty Presbyterian Church hosted a silent, peaceful vigil for George Floyd and other victims of fatal police brutality. Over 200 people gathered outside the church, which takes up a city block, wrapping around all sides of the building...

You Don’t Have to Go to Mars for Love by Yona Harvey Yona Harvey's list of writing achievements is lengthy: she is one of the first Black women to write for Marvel Comics, and her works of poetry have won numerous awards, including the Kate Tufts Discovery Award for her first poetry collection, Hemming the Water...